kylemittskus

CT is so weird to me. I disagree with so many of them about the body and feel of the wine. This wine is HUGE on the PnP. And that's coming from me who likes big ass wines. Black pepper and red fruit on the nose. Maybe a little sweet earth. Hot on the palate. Has a glycerin-sweetness from the alcohol. Red fruit. Kind of an off-balanced wine, actually. I'm not huge on this wine, which is a disappointment. I was really excited about it. 86 for my palate.

It's calmed down a bit since the PnP, but still a pretty big wine. No score change. A bit more tannin and a little less fruit.

Probably a bad pick with my salmon, but I had no idea it would be this over-the-top.

"If drinking is bitter, change yourself to wine." -Rainer Maria Rilke

"Champagne is a very kind and friendly thing on a rainy night." -Isak Dinesen

tytiger58

This IMHO is a wow wine, blackberry's raspberries, pepper and meat,lots of dark fruit. Perfect balance acid and tannins grip you all the way through the delicious finish. There is alot going on in this wine, a great food wine but still very young!

Of all the babies I have killed in my drinking life (there have been many). I say that without guilt, this is one I will save some bottles for 5+ years. Glad to have more coming, thanks Kyle

kylemittskus

This IMHO is a wow wine, blackberry's raspberries, pepper and meat,lots of dark fruit. Perfect balance acid and tannins grip you all the way through the delicious finish. There is alot going on in this wine, a great food wine but still very young!

Of all the babies I have killed in my drinking life (there have been many). I say that without guilt, this is one I will save some bottles for 5+ years. Glad to have more coming, thanks Kyle

Yes! I knew this wine was going to be a stunner. Glad we have more coming.

"If drinking is bitter, change yourself to wine." -Rainer Maria Rilke

"Champagne is a very kind and friendly thing on a rainy night." -Isak Dinesen

North316

No notes from me on CT but mine are pretty much in line with what is there. It seemed a little tight and maybe a tad too much oak. For the price, if I had the space I would buy another bottle or two and let them sit.

cortot20

Didn't get to it tonight. I ended up at the inlaws and let them keep their wine. The options were a two week old 1/2 bottle of menage a trois and something that I would not even classify as wine. San Antonio Winery - Cardinale. I took a sniff and passed, it smelled like welches grape juice. When a simple sniff wasn't enough I had to taste it since my father in law couldn't figure out what was wrong with it. I said its supposed to be a sweet red but it really tasted like store bought grape juice.

So I had water, and now a sam adams alpine spring at home while I type this.

other 1/2 of Twas' tomorrow night with lasagna, its been waiting in a 375ml bottle for me.

rjquillin

No notes from me on CT but mine are pretty much in line with what is there. It seemed a little tight and maybe a tad too much oak. For the price, if I had the space I would buy another bottle or two and let them sit.

I'm working on finishing a bottle of this too that's been open a couple days. Not sure I'm getting all that much oak, but there sure are plenty of berries and fruit. Pleasant enough for $11.

While I was at Costco today, I happened to notice some Raymond Cab Reserve Selection in a bin. Looking more closely I noticed a 2007, and a 2008, along with the mess of 2009's. A three year Raymond vertical, from Costco! Not the best, but what the heck...

cortot20

As promised.
Day one I poured 1/2 into a 375ml bottle and corked for another evening.
The wine was fruit forward with a bit of oak and a minor amount of vegetal/green flavor. I had had a bottle of this about 9 months ago and it seemed very similar and it seemed like the green flavors were fading but when I uncorked the second half of the bottle 3 days later the vegetal flavor seemed to come forward to dominate the wine.

The second half had some plum in the nose but was mostly a mean green streak. It went well with lasagna but was not great for sipping, so it being my last bottle I might buy more at the same price for a table wine.

mschauber

I know wooter's love Tallulah, but I'm having a hard time with it. Nice coloring but a touch of vinegar on the nose and a bit harsh (high acid & alc,) especially on the finish.

Same after running through Vinturi. Poured remainder into decanter and no improvement after 45 mins.

What am I missing?

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My CT--

richardhod

Schug CS 2006. Better after a couple of hours or three of air. Ripeish, but in decent ways and not hot. No amazing flavours but very competent, balanced CS with tannins a[[earing mostly integrated, and fine dark red fruit, if undistinguishedly so. Improves with time in air. woot price QPR excellent, but I haven't tried comparably-aged Pedroncelli CS to see if that's even better value.
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